nose bleed

i'll post another before i leave taipei. and then maybe one to wrap it all up. but i dont think the latter is ever possible.

for a talkative jabberwookie like myself its real hard to not being able to communicate. i had a failed effort in teaching myself tagalog in preparation for this trip...studying a selfteaching tagalog book...watching wowowee...and using some electronic flashcards. but if i had to say what my biggest regret in life so far is not being able to understand one of my languages. its one of those things i'm not really good at, i can listen and pronounce, but when it comes to structure and function i suck at it. at the same time it has been a struggle it has been also a lesson. trying to figure out common ground with people. making the most out of a few words. reading and giving body language. its just one of those major thing i will encounter with a lot in my profession. taking a step back, and being humbled in more ways than one. i'm not a linguistics major but tagalog has to be the most flexible and complex language i have ever studied.

funny thing right now in the computer terminal. "if you use English plese key Ctrl+space". "please sing-in before using the system". "if additional time is required, please sing-in again and wait for the next available time period".

i know its trivial but its funny. so ha!